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and president obama saying he won't have any meetings either. i think we're in for another big showdown. >> the republicans are saying revenue is done, no more talk about taxes and now it's just spending cuts. let me play what grover norquist said to to andrea mitchell yesterday. >> the one piece of clout that he had was this threat to raise taxes on everyone and the republicans gave him some of what he wanted and couldn't take everything back off the table in terms of protecting taxpayers. but that's gone. >> jackie, has the president lost his leverage now? >> i don't know about that. i think it's a good thing that biden and mcconnell are still around when you hear that. >> somebody will talk. >> somebody will talk. i think like nia said, there's going to be standoff on this and it going to come right to the edge. but, you know, like the last debt ceiling debate, for a lot of these members of congress, there's nothing scarier than defaulting. so i think when push comes to shove, when you look at wall street and all the things that could happen,
and president obama saying he won't have any meetings either. i think we're in for another big showdown. >> the republicans are saying revenue is done, no more talk about taxes and now it's just spending cuts. let me play what grover norquist said to to andrea mitchell yesterday. >> the one piece of clout that he had was this threat to raise taxes on everyone and the republicans gave him some of what he wanted and couldn't take everything back off the table in terms of protecting...
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i don't know if president obama has leverage. he hasn't been asked what he is going to do on the debt ceiling. he said i am not going to negotiate and i am not playing those games. what does that mean? is he going to use the fringe ideas previously of the 14th amendment and bring it up to say he is bypassing congress or throw out a trillion dollar platinum coin? this is where the conversation is at this point. the debt ceiling is something congress has to vote on unless president obama does something we have never seen before. >> and republicans as we read the bottom of the screen, they are vowing to use the debt ceiling as leverage. is that going to work? do they have that leverage? we spoke with adam schiff and he said everybody has a little bit of leverage and everybody has to give a little bit. >> depends on what you mean by work. work for who? is it going to work to hold up a process where maybe they get more spending cuts? perhaps they will get more spending cuts in that respect. will it work for the party brand nationally?
i don't know if president obama has leverage. he hasn't been asked what he is going to do on the debt ceiling. he said i am not going to negotiate and i am not playing those games. what does that mean? is he going to use the fringe ideas previously of the 14th amendment and bring it up to say he is bypassing congress or throw out a trillion dollar platinum coin? this is where the conversation is at this point. the debt ceiling is something congress has to vote on unless president obama does...
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it's president's obama's way of saying vote on his basic proposal. it would extend in employment insurance benefit and deal with unemployment insurance cuts. >> so the question is, could they actually get that many republicans to vote for this package that the president is calling for? >> but politically, what he is doing is essentially saying this is the plan that i'm putting forth. let's get it through the senate and if it fails, it will fail in the republican-led house. essentially having rely cans having owned that failure. >> i didn't hear also about the debt ceiling that the treasury secretary was just saying we need to raise pretty much any day now. is this going to be the next couple of months in terms of this debate? does the white house have a strategy for dealing with both in the next phase? >> well, they're quite clear that there's probably just too much at this point to put that in this initial package, specifically the debt ceiling. that they're saying there's probably no way that they're going to be able to address that right now. they
it's president's obama's way of saying vote on his basic proposal. it would extend in employment insurance benefit and deal with unemployment insurance cuts. >> so the question is, could they actually get that many republicans to vote for this package that the president is calling for? >> but politically, what he is doing is essentially saying this is the plan that i'm putting forth. let's get it through the senate and if it fails, it will fail in the republican-led house....
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. >> we just had an election where president obama ran on that. we increased our majority in the senate with democratic candidates who said that to solve this problem the wealthiest americans have to pay their fair share, too. so -- if the republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of the year where all of the tax cuts expire and we will start over next year and whatever we do will be a tax cut for whatever package we put together. >> when senator murray first said that there is a lot of -- anger on the gop saying she's willing to take us over the fiscal cliff. even some democrats said it was too early to have that mindset. but it seems to be that's what a lot of democrats would now like to see so they can get the 250 number or bell go they certainly don't see the harm necessarily in this happening. or at least the downside doesn't necessarily -- outweigh the positives which is, as you described is the tax cut on the wealthiest earners at a certain threshold. i think that will is a difference between the two sides wanti
. >> we just had an election where president obama ran on that. we increased our majority in the senate with democratic candidates who said that to solve this problem the wealthiest americans have to pay their fair share, too. so -- if the republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of the year where all of the tax cuts expire and we will start over next year and whatever we do will be a tax cut for whatever package we put together. >> when senator murray...
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citizenship, has suggested the obama administration is in cahoots with the muslim brotherhood. we'll be right back. are choosin® because it helps you keep doing what you love. no wonder it's america's #1 selling pain reliever. you took action, you took advil®. and we thank you. big time taste should fit in a little time cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ >>> you come here humbled by the opportunity to serve, if you've come here to be the determined voice of the people, if you've come here to carry the standard of leadership demanded not by our constituents but by the times, then you've come to the right place. [ applause ] >> welcome back to "hardball." that was newly re-elected speaker john boehner encouraging members to rise above
citizenship, has suggested the obama administration is in cahoots with the muslim brotherhood. we'll be right back. are choosin® because it helps you keep doing what you love. no wonder it's america's #1 selling pain reliever. you took action, you took advil®. and we thank you. big time taste should fit in a little time cup. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns...
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i want to salute president obama. he campaigned on strengthening the middle class. i think all of us probably did. and this is one way for us to fulfill that promise. yes, to all of those who say this does -- all the other things that don't happen in the bill. no i don't know any piece of legislation that i have ever voted for that did everything that i thought it should do. but this is a very very strong step -- first step as we go into the new year. let us send a message to the american people that again, while this bill doesn't accomplish all that we need to do, to grow the economy, reduce the deficit and strengthen the middle class, it is a good way for us to have a happy start to a new year. by taking this first step. i hope that as again, you balance the equities the pros and cons of this legislation that you will weigh heavily in favor of the message that it sends to the kitchen tables of america. about the respect we have for them meeting their needs, meeting their challenges, honoring their aspirations. this great middle class is the back bone of our democr
i want to salute president obama. he campaigned on strengthening the middle class. i think all of us probably did. and this is one way for us to fulfill that promise. yes, to all of those who say this does -- all the other things that don't happen in the bill. no i don't know any piece of legislation that i have ever voted for that did everything that i thought it should do. but this is a very very strong step -- first step as we go into the new year. let us send a message to the american...
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into the new year the senate voted in favor of a budget deal that now goes to the house and president obama wants action today. >>> revelers from around the globe, from rio de janeiro and beyond, welcome 2013 with a bang. and a few peculiar traditions. >>> we say good-bye to the safest year in air travel ever, and say hello to over 400 new laws. good morning on this first day of january and a happy wonderful new year to you all. i'm bill karins. >>> now it's all up to the house. they're expected to take up a senate measure approved just hours after midnight aimed at halting an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest of americans from taking effect. the final vote was 89 in favor of the deal with 8 no-votes coming from three democrats and five republicans. nbc's steve handelsman has the latest details from capitol hill. steve? good morning and happy new year to you. >> reporter: bill, thanks, good morning on capitol hill. members of both political parties who badly want these middle class taxes rolled back fast hope what the senate did this morning makes it easier for house republicans
into the new year the senate voted in favor of a budget deal that now goes to the house and president obama wants action today. >>> revelers from around the globe, from rio de janeiro and beyond, welcome 2013 with a bang. and a few peculiar traditions. >>> we say good-bye to the safest year in air travel ever, and say hello to over 400 new laws. good morning on this first day of january and a happy wonderful new year to you all. i'm bill karins. >>> now it's all up to...
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>> it's -- for now, it's all big win for president obama. republicans hope that in the next couple months when they're negotiating the debt ceiling, the other deals ahead, that's when they will get their pound of flesh. hard to see. the place this hurts the president is in his second term agenda now there's all this fiscal overhang. the president last night saying get rest, we have a lot to of work do in 2013, this overhang will make it difficult to do guns, all the things he was outlining on sunday with david gregory, now the system is full, and it will be hard to do those. >> we'll see you a bit on "morning joe". >> have a lucky 2013. >>> the markets have been keeping close tabs on the action in washington. the last-minute deal on the fiscal chief, is it enough to calm concerns on wall street and beyond around the world? the man with the answer, steve sedgwick is live with us now in london. steve? >> very good day to you. these markets had been on the back foot. we had fallen for five straight sessions before hopes for a deal. on the 31st
>> it's -- for now, it's all big win for president obama. republicans hope that in the next couple months when they're negotiating the debt ceiling, the other deals ahead, that's when they will get their pound of flesh. hard to see. the place this hurts the president is in his second term agenda now there's all this fiscal overhang. the president last night saying get rest, we have a lot to of work do in 2013, this overhang will make it difficult to do guns, all the things he was...
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i'm going to say michelle obama. not only because her husband won, because she doesn't have to campaign again which she hates. because she sailed through the election with sky high ratings. and because now she can actually do some of the bigger stuff about obesity, the biggest public health challenge in this country, frankly the western world. she can now do what she wants. >> i'm going with claire mccaskill. not just because she won her race -- thank you todd akin -- but because she showed the face of what. i think claire mccaskill really came out winning. >> jonathan? >> i would say that the 47% were the winners of this election. because they told mitt romney and the republican party to stuff it. they got off their lazy, unprincipled, immoral behinds and got out there and voted for president obama. >> krystal? >> i got to go with the obvious one, president obama. not just because he won and won convincingly, his policies have been vindicated, health care has been upheld, his approval rating is rising. he's likely t
i'm going to say michelle obama. not only because her husband won, because she doesn't have to campaign again which she hates. because she sailed through the election with sky high ratings. and because now she can actually do some of the bigger stuff about obesity, the biggest public health challenge in this country, frankly the western world. she can now do what she wants. >> i'm going with claire mccaskill. not just because she won her race -- thank you todd akin -- but because she...
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a new gallup found president obama is the most-admired man in america. for the fifth straight year, in the same poll, the most admired woman, hillary clinton. guess how many years in a row? 11. after this morning's vote on the fiscal cliff, outgoing texas senator kay bailey hutchison tweeted this at 2:43 a.m. i just cast my last vote in the u.s. senate. it has been an honor to serve in the greatest nation on theers. >>> the term fiscal cliff, i tried getting it banned, is at the top of the 38th annual list of words to be banished by lake superior state university. others on the list of unliked words? double down. plus spoiler alert. trending and guru. and a new petition has been started on the white house website calling for an end to stupid petitions. it says, white house petitions are being gamed to the point of absurdity and maybe it's time for the petition to end all petitions. meaning this one. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> let me get you out the door or sit on your couch to enjoy your plans for later in the day. i know l
a new gallup found president obama is the most-admired man in america. for the fifth straight year, in the same poll, the most admired woman, hillary clinton. guess how many years in a row? 11. after this morning's vote on the fiscal cliff, outgoing texas senator kay bailey hutchison tweeted this at 2:43 a.m. i just cast my last vote in the u.s. senate. it has been an honor to serve in the greatest nation on theers. >>> the term fiscal cliff, i tried getting it banned, is at the top of...
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obama was surging in the polls. it was all kind of going to a very tough place when he had to make the decision. i felt i want the audience to be in his shoes and look at the dilemma he faced. especially when people say you can take this risky choice or you can lose. i want people to relate with them at that moment. casting ed harris is part of it. i think he's a dynamic and thoughtful person. you can see his soul at stake. that's what great actors can do is let you feel it's not just a choice. it's everything. >> the close upshot of ed harris at the end of the movie. that was ed harris. that's john mccain. >> i think his trance formation of putting on weight and did physical things, but the way he committed to understanding what that guy faced and he's an american hero. it's a very chaotic and polarized place that was up and down through the primaries. i wanted to ask the audience, go past what you expect and look at what it is like to face that decision. it looked like a great idea. what did it feel like as it sta
obama was surging in the polls. it was all kind of going to a very tough place when he had to make the decision. i felt i want the audience to be in his shoes and look at the dilemma he faced. especially when people say you can take this risky choice or you can lose. i want people to relate with them at that moment. casting ed harris is part of it. i think he's a dynamic and thoughtful person. you can see his soul at stake. that's what great actors can do is let you feel it's not just a choice....
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obama home to kenya or wherever it is. >> so there you go, hogan. new birther, same old birther really. >> very, very helpful for the party, let me just tell you that. it makes my job is easy to come on here and defend people like that. listen, my mama lives in north carolina. it's a great state. i don't understand commentary like that. i don't understand that type of language. i do want to take one step back about some of the things that you guys were just talking about. the violence against women act, doma, things like that, look, we can cherry pick anything out of this budget and try to say why don't we fund this? the violence against women act is very important, and i think we should fund it. however, we have to start to understand that we don't have any money in this country. we have to set priorities -- >> hold on, hogan, we're not even talking about money. >> listen -- >> we're not -- >> i'm just saying, look, so are school lunch programs and tuition tax credits. all those things are important. what are we going to fund? what do we have the m
obama home to kenya or wherever it is. >> so there you go, hogan. new birther, same old birther really. >> very, very helpful for the party, let me just tell you that. it makes my job is easy to come on here and defend people like that. listen, my mama lives in north carolina. it's a great state. i don't understand commentary like that. i don't understand that type of language. i do want to take one step back about some of the things that you guys were just talking about. the...
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. >> that's president obama telling supporters and the nation yesterday that the fiscal cliff deal is one piece in the nation's economic puzzle. still ahead, several more rounds of potentially nasty battles over the debt ceiling and government spending and entitlements. this "way too early." thanks for being up early us with. we have a lot of news to talk about this thursday, january 3rd including an update on hillary clinton following that health scare that landed her in the hospital for several days. plus, we'll have a live report from cnbc where the markets sure seem to like the agreement out of washington, d.c., even if a lot of lawmakers there didn't. that's where we're going to begin with that story. president obama has signed into law the legislation passed by congress to raise tax rates for higher earners, extends tax cuts for middle class and extends unemployment benefits for many americans. the president reviewed a copy of the bill while vacationing in hawaii before directing that it be signed by autopen. that is the signature side board that president uses to sign legislati
. >> that's president obama telling supporters and the nation yesterday that the fiscal cliff deal is one piece in the nation's economic puzzle. still ahead, several more rounds of potentially nasty battles over the debt ceiling and government spending and entitlements. this "way too early." thanks for being up early us with. we have a lot of news to talk about this thursday, january 3rd including an update on hillary clinton following that health scare that landed her in the...
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president obama is still president. the senate is controlled by democrats, the republicans control the house. they have to find a way to work together for the good of the country. >> well, we can only hope so. congressman jason altmire, thank you so much. good luck, sir. happy new year. >> thank you. happy new year. >>> the party to rival all parties last night. in new york city, hundreds of thousands packing new york's times square to watch the crystal ball drop and ring in the start of 2013. and believe me, they had to want to be there. it was cold! ♪ >>> back to the fiscal cliff. all but five republican senators voted to pass the bill put together by senator mcconnell and vice president biden last night. among those voting in the affirmative, north dakota's republican senator john hoeven. senator hoeven, thank you for joining me. happy new year. >> happy new year, chris. >> you talked about the possibility for tax reform and social security reform. are you disappointed the senate couldn't come up with a bigger deal
president obama is still president. the senate is controlled by democrats, the republicans control the house. they have to find a way to work together for the good of the country. >> well, we can only hope so. congressman jason altmire, thank you so much. good luck, sir. happy new year. >> thank you. happy new year. >>> the party to rival all parties last night. in new york city, hundreds of thousands packing new york's times square to watch the crystal ball drop and ring...
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they'll remember barack obama. is the president ready to lead and work with boehner on something in which he can deliver, a coalition of republicans and democrats? >> dan, it's true, you could get a deal today by saying the threshold's $1 million, and what do you have? >> or $550,000. >> you have complete junk. you'd wreck the country, then. >> you think what's going to country less than what happen ifs we go over the cliff? >> yes, absolutely. because if you give up revenues for the next decade the way you're talking about, you would wreck the budget for a decade. >> robert, do you see what you've done? seriously. >> i mean, but let's be serious here. you know, the republicans -- speaker boehner -- the reason people aren't going to remember speaker boehner in history is because speaker boehner is unwilling and incapable to get a deal. he simply cannot get this done. he cannot get this done. he cannot get this done within his own caucus. he cannot get a majority of the majority to agree on a plan so that he can eve
they'll remember barack obama. is the president ready to lead and work with boehner on something in which he can deliver, a coalition of republicans and democrats? >> dan, it's true, you could get a deal today by saying the threshold's $1 million, and what do you have? >> or $550,000. >> you have complete junk. you'd wreck the country, then. >> you think what's going to country less than what happen ifs we go over the cliff? >> yes, absolutely. because if you give...
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it was helped in hurting him by the obama campaign and turning it in to a commercial. it went viral in so many ways and arguably the romney campaign never recovered from that, even with the first debate and president obama's failure to bring it up in that first debate with his pretty lackluster performance. >> number two, ranked wisconsin governor scott walker's victory. >> seen more and more as an important moment. in 2010, scott walker won that governor's race and might have been seen as a fluke talking about the union policy he wanted to change, the right to work laws, all of these things that became a big issue in 2011, remember all of the protests in madison at the capital. >> yep. >> there was a thought that it could be a fluke until he won that recall election by a pretty comfortable margin and if you look at what's happened since in michigan, for example, just in the last couple of weeks, moving to change their right to work laws, also, that's a big change and signals what's going on with unions and views unions and the rights of unions seems to be changing des
it was helped in hurting him by the obama campaign and turning it in to a commercial. it went viral in so many ways and arguably the romney campaign never recovered from that, even with the first debate and president obama's failure to bring it up in that first debate with his pretty lackluster performance. >> number two, ranked wisconsin governor scott walker's victory. >> seen more and more as an important moment. in 2010, scott walker won that governor's race and might have been...
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president obama visited hawaii after talks on capitol hill. they were $200 billion apart on a deal. >> the president was $2200 billion higher on revenues and speaker boehner, $200 billion on spending cuts. >> if you get 80% of what you want, that's a pretty good day. >> reporter: tough decision ahead, six days left. >> lawmakers are saying they will likely take on tax reform and spending cuts again in the new year when the debt ceiling debate heats up. richard, back to you. >> looks like they will be working over the new year. thanks for your time. >>> a note was left by the suspected shooter that killed two firefighters in new york. more on details of the person already convicted of murder. >> reporter: police say this christmas eve ambush of four volunteer firefighters attacked as they arrived to battle a massive fire in new york. >> it was a raging inferno out there. >> reporter: it was spelled out in typewritten detail. >> quote i still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood i can burn down and do what i like doing best, kil
president obama visited hawaii after talks on capitol hill. they were $200 billion apart on a deal. >> the president was $2200 billion higher on revenues and speaker boehner, $200 billion on spending cuts. >> if you get 80% of what you want, that's a pretty good day. >> reporter: tough decision ahead, six days left. >> lawmakers are saying they will likely take on tax reform and spending cuts again in the new year when the debt ceiling debate heats up. richard, back to...
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president obama, of course, today had that sort of campaign-style event. he has waged this public campaign to pressure congress, not only republicans, but also democrats who have expressed some skepticism about this emerging deal that is coming together. so that is part of the president's tactic as well, to not only be working the phones behind the scenes, but also to hold these public events and, of course, he sat down with david gregory this weekend on quths meet the press." that's part of his calculation as well. >> let's talk more about the political calculation. for more reaction i'm joined by nbc's luke russert. good to see you, luke. >> how are you doing? >> i want to pick up on what mike was saying, even as we were on the air house republicans were watching us and sending him e-mails saying, listen, we don't have anything to vote on. is there a sense that members on both sides of congress are feeling some pressure from their constituents even as folks are preparing to go out and pop the champagne and celebrate the new year? >> reporter: oh, yeah, s
president obama, of course, today had that sort of campaign-style event. he has waged this public campaign to pressure congress, not only republicans, but also democrats who have expressed some skepticism about this emerging deal that is coming together. so that is part of the president's tactic as well, to not only be working the phones behind the scenes, but also to hold these public events and, of course, he sat down with david gregory this weekend on quths meet the press." that's part...
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you heard president obama concede this is not a perfect deal. he said he wanted a big deal that dealt with both tax reform and deficit reduction. you also heard him talk about the fact that the new revenues would be hundreds of billions of dollars. what he initially wanted was about $1.6 trillion so this is a compromise on his part, as well. republicans initially coming, raising their offer so they kind of came to the middle on that point. but, again, the one sticking point that remains, the sequester and what negotiators continue to hammer out. vice president biden playing a key role in the negotiations having served more than 30 years in the senate. he knows how these types of negotiations get done. really, better than anyone. he, mitch mcconnell with whom he has a strong relationship, trying to take it to the finish line. >> i guess that's something given how many sticking points we were up against before. thank you so much. >> reporter: thanks. >> any deal from the 11th hour talks will be rushed through both chambers of congress. mike viquei
you heard president obama concede this is not a perfect deal. he said he wanted a big deal that dealt with both tax reform and deficit reduction. you also heard him talk about the fact that the new revenues would be hundreds of billions of dollars. what he initially wanted was about $1.6 trillion so this is a compromise on his part, as well. republicans initially coming, raising their offer so they kind of came to the middle on that point. but, again, the one sticking point that remains, the...
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he was of the age that swept obama into power. not politically silent, but somewhat motionless and actually came out in full force and helped create this identity and they were as much a part of it that they supported and it just seems profoundly unfair that he didn't make it to see at least the end of the 2012 election cycle. >> talk about the process of how newtown changed the complexion's content of the list. >> we added essentially a second cover to this issue. we use that to acknowledge the victims of newtown. to point out that this is a celebration of life. there is no way to express the horror and the that occurred in that tragedy. our decision to acknowledge newtown in a context that we gave it was simply the only meaning we can scribe to at this moment. we have meaning for decades and decades beyond that. this may impact obama's term, we don't know yet. we have to do it in the best way we could at this moment. >> i was in newtown yesterday surveying the scene and trying to see what it was like. i hadn't been there yet. i
he was of the age that swept obama into power. not politically silent, but somewhat motionless and actually came out in full force and helped create this identity and they were as much a part of it that they supported and it just seems profoundly unfair that he didn't make it to see at least the end of the 2012 election cycle. >> talk about the process of how newtown changed the complexion's content of the list. >> we added essentially a second cover to this issue. we use that to...
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and president obama has cut his vacation one day short and heading back today. does it still look doable? >> there is hope for a deal but confidence in that grand bargain has already but disappeared. >> reporter: americans are already taking a hard look at their wallets as confidence in the fiscal cliff diminishes. >> i don't think there is a grand bargain but hope a deal will be cut. >> reporter: if congress doesn't change tax cuts in day, middle income earners will owe extra by the end of the year and they will cut back on auto industry, apparel and entertainment. >> once they cut back on that, that will be dramatic. >> reporter: retailers support 1 in 4 american jobs and if the downturn intensifies, those jobs are at risk. >> if retailers stop creating jobs, the economy as a whole stops creating jobs. >> reporter: the weight is excruciating for some and president obama left them $200 billion apart. >> the president was $200 billion higher on revenues and speaker boehner, $200 billion higher on spending cuts. >> if you get 80% of what you want, that's a pretty
and president obama has cut his vacation one day short and heading back today. does it still look doable? >> there is hope for a deal but confidence in that grand bargain has already but disappeared. >> reporter: americans are already taking a hard look at their wallets as confidence in the fiscal cliff diminishes. >> i don't think there is a grand bargain but hope a deal will be cut. >> reporter: if congress doesn't change tax cuts in day, middle income earners will owe...
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obama has moved $250 billion. the number that boehner has moved on that stimulus is zero from the last final comprehensive offer. what do you make of that pacting that we are not mere the 50-yard line anymore? >> we also add that not only has boehner month moved, he can't get his own caucus to vote on the plan he brought forward. we are not only talking about symbolic gestures here, we are talking about someone that not only has not been able to deliver his own votes but isn't particularly interested in working with nancy pelosi to get moderate democrats onboard. again, we are talking about very symbolic things. i think john boehner is far more interested in preserving his speakership, waiting until we go over the cliff and everyone can blame each other all the way through. it would be better for everyone if we didn't have discussions about social insurance and/or entitlements at gunpoint with two days to >> that's the views from -- a very -- very strong conservative voice. >> that's giving the president a lot of
obama has moved $250 billion. the number that boehner has moved on that stimulus is zero from the last final comprehensive offer. what do you make of that pacting that we are not mere the 50-yard line anymore? >> we also add that not only has boehner month moved, he can't get his own caucus to vote on the plan he brought forward. we are not only talking about symbolic gestures here, we are talking about someone that not only has not been able to deliver his own votes but isn't...
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well, that news comes as president obama rushes home to washington, cutting short his hawaiian vacation in order to resume talks on the fiscal cliff. there are just five days remaining to strike a deal. we'll get to all that in a moment, but first, we begin with a massive winter storm that made holiday travel miserable for millions of americans, including me! winter storm euclid -- what, are we naming snowstorms now? euclid. you can lid? well, euclid blanketed much of the eastern half of the country yesterday, dropping blizzard-like conditions and record snowfall in the midwest, and by late afternoon, euclid moved northeast, bringing traffic to a standstill, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,500 flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year. the weather channel's mike seidel has more on the massive christmas storm. >> reporter: a major snowstorm has dumped over a foot of snow across parts of the midwest. indiana got hit hard. high winds adding to the misery there. >> it's a lot better with the four-wheel-drive, but it, yeah, it's definitely a doozy out there. >> reporter:
well, that news comes as president obama rushes home to washington, cutting short his hawaiian vacation in order to resume talks on the fiscal cliff. there are just five days remaining to strike a deal. we'll get to all that in a moment, but first, we begin with a massive winter storm that made holiday travel miserable for millions of americans, including me! winter storm euclid -- what, are we naming snowstorms now? euclid. you can lid? well, euclid blanketed much of the eastern half of the...
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i think obama would relish that. i think if they give him the debt ceiling as a part of package for nothing, he'll take it in there. but, other than that, i really do believe he's not going to negotiate over there. and he's going to find a way to pay the debts, whether it's the 14th amendment, whether it's -- who knows. >> i agree with you. and i did read woodward's book. i think the president wants part of his legacy to defend the white house. let's look at some other things that we're going to have to deal with and see a fight over this year. let's look at immigration reform, dr. peterson. after the dismal results, can they afford to block immigration reform, professor peterson? >> i don't think they can afford to do it, reverend al. i think they're put on display in this most recent election and you're seeing some of the signs and some of the members of the house and some senators who are suggesting to the reform is key. i think three of the four are probably going to be on the table. my sense is that some form of
i think obama would relish that. i think if they give him the debt ceiling as a part of package for nothing, he'll take it in there. but, other than that, i really do believe he's not going to negotiate over there. and he's going to find a way to pay the debts, whether it's the 14th amendment, whether it's -- who knows. >> i agree with you. and i did read woodward's book. i think the president wants part of his legacy to defend the white house. let's look at some other things that we're...
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why is obama caving on taxes? the article reads in part, the erosion signals not only a major substantive problem in its own right but also raises disturbing questions about obama's ability to handle his entire second-term agenda. do republicans sense a little weakness here, an opportunity? could the president's concession hurt his ability later on to negotiate with the gop? >> no. i think he is doing what needs to be done. unfortunately, this president hasn't operated or led this country like keith's former boss, president clinton, who understood the art of negotiation and actually getting there and rolling up his sleeves and having discussions well before everyone's back is against the wall. i can't believe i'm saying it but i am encouraged to see joe bide nen there and talking with mitch mcconnell. it is good to have the negotiations. they need to in her reference it's better to have them as fred as tear and ginger rogers dancing and discussing issues back and forth as opposed to what we have with thelma and lo
why is obama caving on taxes? the article reads in part, the erosion signals not only a major substantive problem in its own right but also raises disturbing questions about obama's ability to handle his entire second-term agenda. do republicans sense a little weakness here, an opportunity? could the president's concession hurt his ability later on to negotiate with the gop? >> no. i think he is doing what needs to be done. unfortunately, this president hasn't operated or led this country...
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that is the level that president obama campaigned on. he said folks who make $250,000 or more should pay more in taxes. richard trumka expressing concern tonight that this will ultimately wind up taking a larger cut into spending than democrats will be comfortable with. so that is some of the criticism on the left. i imagine vice president biden have l have to answer some questions about that when he heads over to the hill. but as kelly mentioned, he has been one of the key negotiators in this entire process. remember, on saturday, milissa, these negotiations had all but stalled. and that is the point at which minority leader mcconnell picked up the phone, called biden, asked him to engage in these negotiations. he did. he is of course a veteran of the senate. few people understand how the inner works of the senate work as well as vice president biden. so he gotten gauged in these negotiations, really helped them to move forward. remember, he also has a very strong work relationship with mitch mcconnell. the two served together for about
that is the level that president obama campaigned on. he said folks who make $250,000 or more should pay more in taxes. richard trumka expressing concern tonight that this will ultimately wind up taking a larger cut into spending than democrats will be comfortable with. so that is some of the criticism on the left. i imagine vice president biden have l have to answer some questions about that when he heads over to the hill. but as kelly mentioned, he has been one of the key negotiators in this...
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boehner and president obama have not spoken over the last few days. there seems to be no communication there. for all intents and purposes, there is a 50-50 sign. a lost folks say more likely than not we go over the slif because they cannot afford it. >> if we go over the cliff, there several million americans who that will impact in terms of people unemployment benefits. maybe they have benefits wrapped up in the market. is there an appropriate sense of urgencey and the amount of pain this will cause in some people's lives. >> to be honest with you and i put my american hat on right now and take off my journalist one, i am perplexed by the lack of urgency from our elected leaders on both sides. this is not a problem that has come up randomly. we were facing this for a long time. many months. there seems to be a wisdom amongst a lot of people in washington that okay, we didn't go over the cliff and it's not a big deal. the treasury can take care of this problem january 3rd and january 4th. the question is how will the markets react? we do not know. pe
boehner and president obama have not spoken over the last few days. there seems to be no communication there. for all intents and purposes, there is a 50-50 sign. a lost folks say more likely than not we go over the slif because they cannot afford it. >> if we go over the cliff, there several million americans who that will impact in terms of people unemployment benefits. maybe they have benefits wrapped up in the market. is there an appropriate sense of urgencey and the amount of pain...
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the deficit expected to grow by $4 trillion, president obama headed back to his hawaiian vacation. contentious cliff talks had one leader telling off another in the crudest of terms. >>> penn state fights back. the mummers are out in full force, and some residents in colorado are enjoying the new legal pot dens. good morning, i'm bill karins, the house has finally given approval to the bill to undo the effects of the fiscal cliff. in the 11th hour, the house voted 256 to 167 in favor of the bill to stop middle class tax increases. soon after, president obama reacted to the compromised bill. >> under this law, more than 98% of americans and 97% of small businesses will not see their income taxes go up. millions of families will continue to receive tax credits to help raise their kids and send them to college. companies will continue to receive tax credits for the research they do, the investments they make and the clean energy jobs they create. 2 million americans are out of work with, but out there looking and pounding the pavement every day will continue to receive unemployment be
the deficit expected to grow by $4 trillion, president obama headed back to his hawaiian vacation. contentious cliff talks had one leader telling off another in the crudest of terms. >>> penn state fights back. the mummers are out in full force, and some residents in colorado are enjoying the new legal pot dens. good morning, i'm bill karins, the house has finally given approval to the bill to undo the effects of the fiscal cliff. in the 11th hour, the house voted 256 to 167 in favor...
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of 2012, hurricane sandy hits, it is a tragic moment and the embrace of chris christie and president obama that moment that says, you know what? clearly, i did not believe mitt romney could possibly win this election so i'm going to hug the current democratic president of the united states. when i come back, you are going to play a pop quiz. we are going to name that twit. go ahead, you can play along at home, too. ♪
of 2012, hurricane sandy hits, it is a tragic moment and the embrace of chris christie and president obama that moment that says, you know what? clearly, i did not believe mitt romney could possibly win this election so i'm going to hug the current democratic president of the united states. when i come back, you are going to play a pop quiz. we are going to name that twit. go ahead, you can play along at home, too. ♪
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and president obama mentioned that in his first press conference after the election. but what he did not mention is his environmental protection agency is rolling out regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest power plants and industrial plants here in the country. he talks about those similar rules confronting cars but not those for power plants yet those are going forward one way or the other. i think congress will be debating that over the next couple of years as to how to change or stop or override it with some other big climate change law that congress might consider in the years ahead. >> it will be fascinating to see what actually does rise to the top. amy, thank you. >> thank you. >> that wraps up this hour of "jansing and company." hey there, luke. >> hey. we had a late one yesterday. >> hard to know what day or time it is. >> topping our agenda next hour live from washington, the fiscal cliff has been averted but for now what did we see over the last few days may be nothing compared to the fiscal fights ahead. i'll talk with tom cole a
and president obama mentioned that in his first press conference after the election. but what he did not mention is his environmental protection agency is rolling out regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions from the biggest power plants and industrial plants here in the country. he talks about those similar rules confronting cars but not those for power plants yet those are going forward one way or the other. i think congress will be debating that over the next couple of years as to...
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. >>> president obama aboard air force one right now racing back to washington to try to lead us away from the fiscal cliff. >>> former president george h.w. bush in intentive care. we'll have the latest on that. >>> a vigil for firefighters, a tornado in action and december surfing in the great lakes. good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. a powerful winter storm that brought an odd mix of tornadoes, heavy winds and snow to the nation's midsection is now wreaking havoc on the northeast. snow and sleet have produced treacherous road conditions from pennsylvania and western new york to maine with more than a foot of snow expected in some areas. this storm so far being blamed for at least six deaths. and as nbc's kurt gregory reports, the storm is creating a post holiday travel nightmare. >> reporter: cleanup on the day after christmas for the deep south. a record of more than 20 tornadoes as a massive storm system ripped through mississippi and alabama and left arkansas with a record-breaking white christmas. that storm system continued its march across the center of the nation wednesday
. >>> president obama aboard air force one right now racing back to washington to try to lead us away from the fiscal cliff. >>> former president george h.w. bush in intentive care. we'll have the latest on that. >>> a vigil for firefighters, a tornado in action and december surfing in the great lakes. good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. a powerful winter storm that brought an odd mix of tornadoes, heavy winds and snow to the nation's midsection is now wreaking havoc...
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obama and obama's people said from the beginning -- in fact, they said going back two years that the economy could not survive the ending of the bush tax cuts. david axelrod told us that back in 2010. they know that keeping 98% of those tax cuts in place are critical to keep this small recovery going. so republicans that buckled and raised taxes just didn't have the guts to stare down the president and say no, we're not going to do it your way. we're going to do it our way. >> raising taxes on the wealthy has been a huge winning issue for democrats for a long time. republicans did buckle to that. grover is associated with tax increases and the pledge, he also talks a lot about spending. and for conservatives now who want to move on from this pr problem for them, they've got to start talking about spending. >> a disaster. >> they have to say, what do they want to cut? and i think grover and john boehner and other -- paul ryan and other conservatives should now say you know what? we keep saying the problem is spending. that's what they should move on to. they should have the courage of
obama and obama's people said from the beginning -- in fact, they said going back two years that the economy could not survive the ending of the bush tax cuts. david axelrod told us that back in 2010. they know that keeping 98% of those tax cuts in place are critical to keep this small recovery going. so republicans that buckled and raised taxes just didn't have the guts to stare down the president and say no, we're not going to do it your way. we're going to do it our way. >> raising...
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for the fifth consecutive year president obama is the most admired man. if you read only one thing this morning, in honor of new year's eve, my must read is best movies of 2012. for those of you in particular maybe who don't want to fight the crowds tonight maybe your perfect evening is pop the bubbly in front of the dvd player. this list by the way is from rotten tomatoes. it is the movies that got the top scores from viewers. i honestly hadn't even heard of the top seven so obviously i need some snowy weekends in front of my own dvr. the must read is up on our facebook page at facebook/jansing co. it's just f. because sleep is a beautiful thing™. ♪ zzzquil™. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we are 30 minutes away now from the senate coming back and what is it going to take to get congress to compromise and get a
for the fifth consecutive year president obama is the most admired man. if you read only one thing this morning, in honor of new year's eve, my must read is best movies of 2012. for those of you in particular maybe who don't want to fight the crowds tonight maybe your perfect evening is pop the bubbly in front of the dvd player. this list by the way is from rotten tomatoes. it is the movies that got the top scores from viewers. i honestly hadn't even heard of the top seven so obviously i need...
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i appreciate it. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need to rush out of here because you have gotten a call back to d.c. you let me know. plirt coe reporting today, as of christmas day, they do not have the standard warning to come back to washington to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff. it's boehner and other gop leaders aren't going to herd 433 lawmakers back to town with nothing to do. when you hear that, and you know what's been going on and what's expected of you in the new year, what are your hopes for something small, maybe not as ambitious as a grand bargain but something small getting done before january 1st? >> i would like to see a grand deal. but we should do something. too many people hurt, f
i appreciate it. >>> president obama is leaving the first family in hawaii. he's cutting the vacation short to return to washington, d.c. hopefully to restart the negotiations over those job killing spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect in the new year. joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york and serves on the financial services committee. i told you if anything goes off or need to rush out of here because you have gotten a call back to d.c. you let...
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president obama name-checked five things he is ready to move forward on with the congress. from the statement today i think we are supposed to believe this is the top of the second term agenda, ending the war in afghanistan, immigration reform, gun reform, education reform of some kind, and something on climate change. now, if this president can get all of that done, that would be a heck of a second term, right? especially if you add in nonpartisan election reform as well, which is attorney general at least has been highlighting after the long lines and the partisan bullpucky we saw in this last election. so if you add in election reform to those other five, this is a really big and somewhat comprehensive agenda that the president is laying out for his second term after the little cliff walk we all enjoyed through the holiday season. but of course all those things he has to do he has to do with congress. and since republicans control the house, that means the president needs a plan to work with or work around washington's republicans. so here is the question. here is the qu
president obama name-checked five things he is ready to move forward on with the congress. from the statement today i think we are supposed to believe this is the top of the second term agenda, ending the war in afghanistan, immigration reform, gun reform, education reform of some kind, and something on climate change. now, if this president can get all of that done, that would be a heck of a second term, right? especially if you add in nonpartisan election reform as well, which is attorney...
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after the vote, president obama tried to set the terms for the fiscal fights ahead in a rare late-night appearance with joe biden by his side in the briefing room. >> the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together, with a little bit less drama, a little less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. >> but republicans are already looking ahead to another budget showdown in late february. that's when the temporary delay on domestic and military spending cuts expires and when congress must raise the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling limit to avoid default. >> save your powder for the debt ceiling fight. we have leverage at the debt ceiling to make this president face up to the fact that we're spending our way into oblivion. >> last night, the president warned republicans not to use the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip. >> while i will negotiate over many things, i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they have already racked up. >> nbc's ke
after the vote, president obama tried to set the terms for the fiscal fights ahead in a rare late-night appearance with joe biden by his side in the briefing room. >> the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we'll focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together, with a little bit less drama, a little less brinksmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. >> but republicans are already looking ahead to another budget showdown in late february....
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number two, there's been a reaction to the rise of president obama, an ugly reaction, resentful reactions. but let's understand, we just had an election, and the president got re-elected for the second time. which says that a majority of the american people are not swayed nor influenced by that sort of sick and sadistic thinking. what i prefer to focus on is not simply that, but the underlying disparities, the previous
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obama was elected with a surplus of about 3 million votes. he won the election, he campaigned on this issue. again, the speaker can't take yes for an answer. the president has presented to him something that would prevent us from going over the cliff. it was in response to something the speaker gave to the president himself, but, again i guess with the dysfunctional republican caucus in the house, even the speaker can't tell what they're going to do because he backed off of even his own proposal. mr. president, the house, we hear this so often, is controlled by the republicans, and we acknowledge that. i would be most happy to move forward on something that senator mcconnell said they wouldn't filibuster over here that they would support and boehner would support it if it were reasonable, but right now we haven't heard anything. i don't know, and it's none of my business, i guess, although i am very curious, if the speaker and the majority leader, the republican leader over here are even talking. what's going on here? mr. president, you can't
obama was elected with a surplus of about 3 million votes. he won the election, he campaigned on this issue. again, the speaker can't take yes for an answer. the president has presented to him something that would prevent us from going over the cliff. it was in response to something the speaker gave to the president himself, but, again i guess with the dysfunctional republican caucus in the house, even the speaker can't tell what they're going to do because he backed off of even his own...
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obama's for 250,000. republicans are for something higher. but i do think there's a lot of prospects for a deal. but it will be like getting close to the deadline on new year's believe. >> that sound about right. susan, though, no matter what happens here, no matter what deal comes out republicans are going to be able to help but come out looking bad at the end of this, are they not? >> i think everyone will stumble off the fiscal cliff if you will. we're going to have a patch. and yes, the republicans right now are not looking as good as they would hope to especially after the election. >> that's putting it lightly. >> it's a nice saturday afternoon. there's no reason -- but fact is that they do have one more card to hold. and that's the debt ceiling debate. and that's something where they could really be strong on spending cuts. if they have to give in and come up with this patch, everyone is going want this debt ceiling done before the president's state-of-the-union or hopefully before his inaugural speech. so the president's looking long
obama's for 250,000. republicans are for something higher. but i do think there's a lot of prospects for a deal. but it will be like getting close to the deadline on new year's believe. >> that sound about right. susan, though, no matter what happens here, no matter what deal comes out republicans are going to be able to help but come out looking bad at the end of this, are they not? >> i think everyone will stumble off the fiscal cliff if you will. we're going to have a patch. and...
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president obama will be meeting with congressional leaders later today. danielle leigh joins us. >> that meeting in many ways a last opportunity for the president and congressional leaders to reach a deal and get something done before this year is over. if this meeting is unsuccessful it could seal this country's fate, as some developments yesterday. house members no longer on stand by. ready to come back sunday. to take a vote. when these tax cuts expire just about every worker is going to see their paycheck reduced. it's going to eliminate unemployment extensions and initiate spending cuts across the board. >> how will people see this in their paychecks and in their taxes? >> workers will feel it immediately in their paychecks. those paychecks will be reduced. those making 40,000, 50,000 are going to see 1700 less a year. it continues as the wages increase. so people are going to feel this in their pocketbooks. >> all right, danielle, thank you. >>> last night on the rachel maddow show, debbie stab nau talked about the looming fiscal cliff. >> i'm not s
president obama will be meeting with congressional leaders later today. danielle leigh joins us. >> that meeting in many ways a last opportunity for the president and congressional leaders to reach a deal and get something done before this year is over. if this meeting is unsuccessful it could seal this country's fate, as some developments yesterday. house members no longer on stand by. ready to come back sunday. to take a vote. when these tax cuts expire just about every worker is going...
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flat president obama posed at famous thai landmarks. even though we thought they toted him around the country to do this, these are theme park replicas of major lan marks across thailand. it's fauxbama visiting faux thailand. before this presidential campaign, remember that newt gingrich was the live newt girls guy. the former speaker of the house making money with direct mail an giving people fake awards that you had to pay thousands of dollars to collect. >> you say you shouldn't go to work before you're 14, 16 years old. you're totally poor. i tried to have a very simple model 37 most of these schools ought to get rid of unionized janitors and have one a master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. the nra has been too timid. i want to explain what i mean. a gingrich presidency will submit to the united nations a treaty that extends the right to bear arms as a human right for every person on the planet. by the end of my second term -- [ applause ] we will have the first permanent base on the moon an it will be am
flat president obama posed at famous thai landmarks. even though we thought they toted him around the country to do this, these are theme park replicas of major lan marks across thailand. it's fauxbama visiting faux thailand. before this presidential campaign, remember that newt gingrich was the live newt girls guy. the former speaker of the house making money with direct mail an giving people fake awards that you had to pay thousands of dollars to collect. >> you say you shouldn't go to...
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president obama did not suggest any reform after the aurora shooting last summer. he didn't suggest reform after the massacre of six people in the sikh temple in wisconsin at the end of last summer. after the newtown massacre he did. i think there's a real possibility that this may be a game changer. >> sure. well, look, in the new york review, our worship of the gun. the idoltry of the american imagination so to speak. in difference to guns before the alter and shrine of the automatic weapon. you've written brilliantly about the same gun culture, what role does our -- in the same publication. what role does our culture play in preventing new legislation on guns? >> it plays a very powerful role. the nra builds on that role. it's this notion of the individual american who protects himself, who provides for himself, who joins the nra and says, my guns are the bottom line. the reality is, that the people who pay the cost of our romance with guns, the fact that the united states is awash in guns are not the people out in rural arkansas or utah or nevada who are card c
president obama did not suggest any reform after the aurora shooting last summer. he didn't suggest reform after the massacre of six people in the sikh temple in wisconsin at the end of last summer. after the newtown massacre he did. i think there's a real possibility that this may be a game changer. >> sure. well, look, in the new york review, our worship of the gun. the idoltry of the american imagination so to speak. in difference to guns before the alter and shrine of the automatic...
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as the bad guy. >> president obama is not the bad guy. you could see this love fest at the press conference this afternoon. american people totally understand and are supporting overwhelmingly what the president has proposed. they want tax cuts for the 98%, not for the top 2%. we've been at a standstill with plan "b" which never was a plan "b" to begin with because we're sacrificing the greater good for such a small minority. >> jimmy and susan, i am going to ask you about the president's press conference and whether you thought it was a bad idea. but when angela was talking, susan, you were shaking your head when she said that the american people are behind the president. >> well, i think right now the american people are frustrated with washington, and that's where that's going to come down. yes, the president is better than the worst guy. boehner is the worst guy and the president is better than that, but that's not the standard you want to meet. you want to have a standard of we respect our government and we're going forward. so that'
as the bad guy. >> president obama is not the bad guy. you could see this love fest at the press conference this afternoon. american people totally understand and are supporting overwhelmingly what the president has proposed. they want tax cuts for the 98%, not for the top 2%. we've been at a standstill with plan "b" which never was a plan "b" to begin with because we're sacrificing the greater good for such a small minority. >> jimmy and susan, i am going to ask...
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president obama and speaker boehner met one on one. nothing happened. the speaker offered plan "b," never got enough support within his own party. here we are all over again. do we have tom coburn? joining us now from capitol hill, republican senator from oklahoma, senator tom coburn. senator, thanks for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> so, why, first of all, does this deadline tonight matter? and i heard you make comments yesterday out on the streets of washington to a reporter that you think we're going to go over the cliff? >> i do. >> okay. >> i do. let me take issue with a couple of things you said. >> okay. >> number one is we haven't cut the first penny yet from the federal government, and it's important people know that. what happened in that agreement is $1 trillion in increased expenditures didn't happen. >> okay. >> all right? and now that we're down to the hard work of actually trimming some of the waste out of the federal government, nobody wants to do that. and so, we're in trouble because we have a set of elite career politicians that
president obama and speaker boehner met one on one. nothing happened. the speaker offered plan "b," never got enough support within his own party. here we are all over again. do we have tom coburn? joining us now from capitol hill, republican senator from oklahoma, senator tom coburn. senator, thanks for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> so, why, first of all, does this deadline tonight matter? and i heard you make comments yesterday out on the streets of washington to...
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new this morning, president obama outlining his course of action if we all go off the cliff. >> if an agreement isn't reached on time, then i'll urge the senate to hold an up-or-down vote on a basic package that protects the middle class from an income tax hike, extends vital unemployment insurance for americans looking for a job and lays the ground work for more economic growth and deficit reduction. >> the president is optimistic that a deal can be reached midnight on new year's eve. listen to senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> we had a good meeting down at the white house. engaged in discussions in the hopes we can come forward as early as sunday and have a recommendation that i can make to my conference and the majority leader can make to his conference. >> and the senate is set to reconvene sunday at 1:00 eastern time. the house also expected to be in session on sunday. they'll start at 2:00 eastern time with the first votes coming at 6:30. let's head up to capitol hill. mike viqueira is there. so what? even if they reach a deal today or tomorrow? do we have time to get t
new this morning, president obama outlining his course of action if we all go off the cliff. >> if an agreement isn't reached on time, then i'll urge the senate to hold an up-or-down vote on a basic package that protects the middle class from an income tax hike, extends vital unemployment insurance for americans looking for a job and lays the ground work for more economic growth and deficit reduction. >> the president is optimistic that a deal can be reached midnight on new year's...
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tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things the president wants to do if he doesn't address entitlement. >> they have to address it. and the president would help himself a lot if he were tougher on the aarp and said look, it's not about the people at the bottom for whom medicare is really a lifeline. it's about all of the people, including those of us around the table, who get the same benefits. members of our family who are working class. my brother had a great working class career working for the telephone company. but there's a big disparity between what i'm worth and he's worth but we
tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things...
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. >> the bulls game of obama postponed because of snow last night. he's now making a final try with congress and there's no denying a new plan is in the works. even in the opening prayer to kick off today's proforma session in the house, the chaplain prayed for congress to make a deal. but they're now adjourned until sunday night and that is where we begin with nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander and mike vicquiera on the hill. >> reporter: when derek rose is back for the chicago bulls, trying to get those answers for you as soon as possible. >> thank you, i appreciate that. >> reporter: of course, the real question right now here at the white house is exactly what's going to happen over the course of several days and can they avert the fiscal cliff? to stick with your metaphor of basketball, if rose were to go the length of the court for fans on one side, left to right, fans on other side, right to left, if he scores it is the same basket but use the metaphor and apply it to the conversation of exactly where these tax cuts could take pla
. >> the bulls game of obama postponed because of snow last night. he's now making a final try with congress and there's no denying a new plan is in the works. even in the opening prayer to kick off today's proforma session in the house, the chaplain prayed for congress to make a deal. but they're now adjourned until sunday night and that is where we begin with nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander and mike vicquiera on the hill. >> reporter: when derek rose is back for...
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i think that democrats don't want to feel like president obama caved on the tax rates. he campaigned pretty strongly on the $250,000 threshold. now that is moving to $400,000, $450,000 for couples. i think that democrats are thinking we could have gone over and just a couple days republicans would have had to come back and probably would have -- democrats would have had more leverage. that said i think that vice president biden will argue that, you know, this was reasonable and you want to give certainty again to those markets and be able to look reasonable in this process. i think for republicans there are going to be a couple things. first they don't want taxes to go up on anybody and this essentially makes them look like they're voting for a tax increase although they actually would be voting for a tax cut but it is amazing the way it's been framed by both conservative groups and the white house, interestingly. i do think that there are a few things in there in the details if you think about the estate tax change, the changes to dividends and capital gains, and the f
i think that democrats don't want to feel like president obama caved on the tax rates. he campaigned pretty strongly on the $250,000 threshold. now that is moving to $400,000, $450,000 for couples. i think that democrats are thinking we could have gone over and just a couple days republicans would have had to come back and probably would have -- democrats would have had more leverage. that said i think that vice president biden will argue that, you know, this was reasonable and you want to give...
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tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things the president wants to do if he doesn't address entitlement. >> they have to address it. and the president would help himself a lot if he were tougher on the aarp and said look, it's not about the people at the bottom for whom medicare is really a lifeline. it's about all of the people, including those of us around the table, who get the same benefits. members of our family who are working class. my brother had a great working class career working for the telephone company. but there's a big disparity between what i'm worth and he's worth but we
tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things...
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following his public embrace of president obama in the waning days of the presidential campaign. as for the president? he is observing the old political rule. when the other side is destroying itself, stand back and stay out of the way. far away. like in hawaii. so this is -- there's a lot about going on here today, and i appreciate you being patient with it. now, on the christi drama, there should be a political rule if there isn't one already. never fight with the most popular member of your party when your party is extremely unpopular. >> or a different rule, which is you'll never lose money attacking the least popular person in your party if you are the most popular person in your party. it's hurricane politics, right? christie will run for president in 2016. he wants to establish right now that he is not just a washington republican, and what better way than going after the house, which is not very popular in a kind of dramatic fashion in a very christie-like fashion. >> he is going after them on something that should be a no-brainer, right? sandy aid should not be partisan.
following his public embrace of president obama in the waning days of the presidential campaign. as for the president? he is observing the old political rule. when the other side is destroying itself, stand back and stay out of the way. far away. like in hawaii. so this is -- there's a lot about going on here today, and i appreciate you being patient with it. now, on the christi drama, there should be a political rule if there isn't one already. never fight with the most popular member of your...
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the new background checks surpassed the previous record by 39%. >>> president obama scored the most views for 2012 on red it. his ask me anything session in august racked up nearly 5.6 million views. a lot of people want to ask the president something. >>> and the state of new hampshire turns pink today. one woman is sworn in as governor while other women become the state's two representatives in congress and two more take the oath as senators. new hampshire is the first state in the nation's history to sign in all female delegation to washington. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. happy new year. >> happy new year. a little chilly. >> it's january. >> this is a tough time though. after christmas and the holidays are over, okay, spring break started. good morning, everyone. as far as wet weather goes, we shifted it down into louisiana, a little bit there in mississippi. mostly southern alabama and even into georgia. to the southeast, it's a little
the new background checks surpassed the previous record by 39%. >>> president obama scored the most views for 2012 on red it. his ask me anything session in august racked up nearly 5.6 million views. a lot of people want to ask the president something. >>> and the state of new hampshire turns pink today. one woman is sworn in as governor while other women become the state's two representatives in congress and two more take the oath as senators. new hampshire is the first state...
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you had a feeling president obama was reaching almost to that point. i still think at that memorial service, it wasn't the night for anger, the night for con sulation. but anger should probably come forward for public officials in weeks ahead. there's room for it in public life because it also moneylizes people as sorrow and good words do. >> no doubt about it. there's nothing wrong with and nothing more powerful than righteous anger when used at appropriate times. i would say certainly in a movie used at an appropriate time as it was in lincoln's life. if this is not the appropriate time for politicians to be righteous in their anger at the state of things, i don't know when is. if not now when? >> doris kearns goodwin, thank you so much. you will also be in our next segment. >> that's exciting. >> a videotape. >>> and doris and jon meacham and the civil war in pennsylvania. next on "morning joe." >> announcer: did you know there are secret black market websites around the world that sell stolen identities? >> 30-year-old american man, excellent credi
you had a feeling president obama was reaching almost to that point. i still think at that memorial service, it wasn't the night for anger, the night for con sulation. but anger should probably come forward for public officials in weeks ahead. there's room for it in public life because it also moneylizes people as sorrow and good words do. >> no doubt about it. there's nothing wrong with and nothing more powerful than righteous anger when used at appropriate times. i would say certainly...
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tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things the president wants to do if he doesn't take on entitlements. >> they have to address it. and the president would help himself a lot if he were tougher on the aarp, for example, and said, look, it's not about the people at the bottom for whom medicare is really a lifeline. it's about all of the people, including those of us around the table, who get the same benefits. members of our family who are very working class. my brother had a great working class career working for the telephone company. but there's a big disparity between what i'm worth
tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things...
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we expect president obama to be briefed on that meeting as well. vice president biden played a key role in negotiations. i am getting details from democratic source who's say the president has played an important role as well. working the phones. apparently last night after vice president biden had spoken to mcconnell, he, the president, a number of staffers met from 1:00 a.m. until 1:45 and sort of hammered out the final details of this deal and then their staffers were up until way past 3:30 this morning. this is something that has been going on overnight while a lot of people have been sloping on the white house and that is the latest we've been hearing. the president waiting to be briefed in the meeting with vice president biden. the big takeaway seems to be no democrats really voiced opposition to what the violation president was saying. it seems like it will get a lot of support. milissa. >> what is your sense -- first of all, this bill will be the product of a lot of compromise. and a lot compromise that people disagree with. it's not over t
we expect president obama to be briefed on that meeting as well. vice president biden played a key role in negotiations. i am getting details from democratic source who's say the president has played an important role as well. working the phones. apparently last night after vice president biden had spoken to mcconnell, he, the president, a number of staffers met from 1:00 a.m. until 1:45 and sort of hammered out the final details of this deal and then their staffers were up until way past 3:30...
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or do you think they may also point to their hatred of president obama? is it anything with a big d in front of it. >> i think it's a combination of things. ignorance is an unlimited and natural resource in this country that lives primarily in the republican party among the most conservatives. but you combine that with the fact that this sells, you have companies making hundreds of millions of dollars like fox news, internet web site, radio talk show hosts that are now, you know, worth $50 million, $100 million based on their spewing of ignorance. you combine those two things together and there's no way to stop it. probably the best thing to do is ignore it and not pay a lot of attention to it. i don't think the secretary has spent a lot of the last two weeks consumed with what john bolton thinks of her. she's got bigger things to worry about. >> let's play right now what he said on monday. he turned it up a notch. john bolton. >> do you believe the explanation she's being treated for a blood clot in the new york city hospital or do you continue to believ
or do you think they may also point to their hatred of president obama? is it anything with a big d in front of it. >> i think it's a combination of things. ignorance is an unlimited and natural resource in this country that lives primarily in the republican party among the most conservatives. but you combine that with the fact that this sells, you have companies making hundreds of millions of dollars like fox news, internet web site, radio talk show hosts that are now, you know, worth...
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this idea that john boehner could perhaps rehash his negotiations with president obama. members who were there told me that some of their colleagues do not realize how late in the game the country really is when it pertains to the fiscal cliff. so there's a lot of moving parts. we've been saying that. things are fluid. it's become cliche up here, but it really is the truth in that at this point after that bill passed out of the senate with 89 votes, most of us thought there might be a small hiccup, but probably decently smooth sailing. we're approaching very treacherous waters right now. >> it's rocky waters certainly. >> yeah. >> luke, you know, in your notes you said that the member told you, the member that gave you that number, that he felt like he was living in another world. that was the quote here. what was the frustration that was -- that you were sensing? the sheer incredulity was certainly there. >> reporter: i think the idea a lot of the rank and file and they've been called chuckle heads before, this group that does not want to give an inch on anything, doesn
this idea that john boehner could perhaps rehash his negotiations with president obama. members who were there told me that some of their colleagues do not realize how late in the game the country really is when it pertains to the fiscal cliff. so there's a lot of moving parts. we've been saying that. things are fluid. it's become cliche up here, but it really is the truth in that at this point after that bill passed out of the senate with 89 votes, most of us thought there might be a small...
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details on president obama's plans to move full steam ahead with immigration reform. congressman cuellar is going to join us live. the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their buddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition! that's roughing the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. the scoreboard doesn't lie. what's in your wallet? hut! i have me on my fantasy team. >>> an emotional return in connecticut today. students and teachers who survived the deadly shooting spree at sandy hook elementary are back in class. within just this last hour, connecticut police held an unplanneders were at the new sandy hook elementary in the town everything is running smoothly. jay gray reports from monroe. >> hey there and good afternoon, alex. we just heard from some of the police officers who are providing a heavy security presence at the new sandy hook elementary school. the lessons today obviously not
details on president obama's plans to move full steam ahead with immigration reform. congressman cuellar is going to join us live. the boys use capital one venture miles for their annual football trip. that's double miles you can actually use. tragically, their buddy got sacked by blackouts. but it's our tradition! that's roughing the card holder. but with the capital one venture card you get double miles you can actually use. [ cheering ] any flight, anytime. the scoreboard doesn't lie. what's...
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. >> president obama called leaders last night and tomorrow afternoon we will meet with the speaker and mix mcconnel and harry reid to see if they can avoid going off the fiscal curb on january 1st. today harry reid emphasized that there is ome one reason why they are unable to reach an agreement so far. >> this has been going on for years. they cannot cross over the threshold. people are not propose iing mak the taxes like them. john boehner could not even pass the tax proposal he passed over there. he said no, can't do that. didn't he bring it up for a vote? >> tonight, speaker boehner's office put out this statement. >> joining me now are our guests. clearly the positioning game continues. harry reid saying we did our job months ago. do you think we til would be@posturing stage at the end of that white house meeting tomorrow? >> in your introduction you made the fundamental point here which is that this agreement before the end of the year, simply cannot go forward unless john by nor is willing to let it do so with majority democrats in the house. if we go over the curve as you put i
. >> president obama called leaders last night and tomorrow afternoon we will meet with the speaker and mix mcconnel and harry reid to see if they can avoid going off the fiscal curb on january 1st. today harry reid emphasized that there is ome one reason why they are unable to reach an agreement so far. >> this has been going on for years. they cannot cross over the threshold. people are not propose iing mak the taxes like them. john boehner could not even pass the tax proposal he...
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first of all, let me thank president obama and vice president biden working as a team on behalf of the american people and for showing the extent of patience that they've had to show over these last couple of months and certainly since august of 2011. there's about an a great deal of patience, and i think as the meeting has begun with the vice president he was appropriately respectful of how challenging an effort this was, but more importantly, how important this was for the american people and the trust that was given to him by the president and leader reid to engage with jord leader mcconnell who had heretofore, if you will, joined with the chorus of naysayers not wanting to do figure. right now we are going over what the proposal is to the american people. let me just say this. i spent a lot of time looking at the basic principles of this propos proposal. we pet last evening with the caucus into the evening on the initial details. we can claim victory that we protected the middle class. we have provided at this point the doctor fix was so very important and making sure that a number
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president obama left hawaii early this morning, expected to land in washington next hour. senators will also be back, trying to craft a bill. we expect to hearing from him on the floor in moments. the house is still home. they'll hold a conference call with members today. to make matters worse, you say oh by the way, you'll hit the debt ceiling on monday. we also have ryan grimm. yeah, you. there you are. >>> it looks like they're pointing -- >> and politicians, and so what we're sealing is -- for deficit reduction. and spend seg cuts off their shoulders, and make it inevitable, saying, you know what? it didn't just happen to them. they pass the sequester, which contained severe, rapid definite at this time reduction. it was almost inevitable, almost the moment they passed the sequester. >> to you, ryan, i was alluding to how both sides are saying different things. two members of the house said this last hour. we had one democrat and one republican. take a listen. >> i think there's still a chance to get something done. that's what happened in the budget deal, i think that
president obama left hawaii early this morning, expected to land in washington next hour. senators will also be back, trying to craft a bill. we expect to hearing from him on the floor in moments. the house is still home. they'll hold a conference call with members today. to make matters worse, you say oh by the way, you'll hit the debt ceiling on monday. we also have ryan grimm. yeah, you. there you are. >>> it looks like they're pointing -- >> and politicians, and so what we're...
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. >>> and there's another cabin cabinet-level vacancy in the obama administration, epa head lisa jackson announced yesterday that she's stepping down. she spent plenty of her time sparring with congressional leaders over issues of global warming and the keystone pipeline. the president praised jackson's efforts at the epa yesterday. >>> meantime the gun control story continues in the wake of the sandy hook shootings and the reaction on the state and local levels is varying dramatically across the country. some are doing whatever they can to take gunts off the streets. los angeles collected more than 200,000 guns. 75 assault rifles included in that title, two rocket launchers were turned in for cash. rocket launchers. elsewhere, though, people are flocking to buy guns. at this shop in des moines, iowa, callers have emptied the stores. state legislators are looking to their 2013 sessions to maybe change gun laws. in south carolina, a bill has been proposed to exempt the state from federal regulations of guns and ammunition made there. eight other states have similar laws and 40 other state
. >>> and there's another cabin cabinet-level vacancy in the obama administration, epa head lisa jackson announced yesterday that she's stepping down. she spent plenty of her time sparring with congressional leaders over issues of global warming and the keystone pipeline. the president praised jackson's efforts at the epa yesterday. >>> meantime the gun control story continues in the wake of the sandy hook shootings and the reaction on the state and local levels is varying...
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the big loser over the last couple of days has been president obama's second term agenda. all this overhang. not just the bad -- all the agenda that comes with having to deal with the debt ceiling. the pipeline is clogged. auz know, the senate has trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. the president wants to do immigration. he wants to do energy. he wants to do infrastructure spending. he wants to do guns. that's going to be really hard with all these issues that we're talking about at the top of the show. >> just think of the state of the union speech that we're going to have against this back drop. we've got steve pierce voted for can'tor, but we don't have, as chuck was pointing out and chris earlier, you don't have an organized group going for a challenge for cantor, for instance, and we know that there's been a rivalry in the past, but they seem to have come together. cantor had a vote for steve pierce. cantor had a auto vote for a new member from oklahoma. as this roll is stretching out, who knows what else is bubbling up there. second by second. >> and an
the big loser over the last couple of days has been president obama's second term agenda. all this overhang. not just the bad -- all the agenda that comes with having to deal with the debt ceiling. the pipeline is clogged. auz know, the senate has trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time. the president wants to do immigration. he wants to do energy. he wants to do infrastructure spending. he wants to do guns. that's going to be really hard with all these issues that we're talking about...
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of course, president obama is from hawaii. probably the biggest elected leader from the aloha state and that's what we know about senator schatz as of now. but boy, he is the newest member of the u.s. senate and some new senators coming with the beginning of the 113 congress right at the beginning of the year. >> i understand senate majority leader reid urged governor abercrombie to act with due haste with his appointment. is that because he thinks that the senator may play some sort of instrumental role to solving the fiscal cliff crisis? >> that's right and the pieces of legislation. democrats wanted that extra vote. if not for the so-called fiscal cliff debate they're trying to strike a deal on. that would be also on other legislation that would come up with 113th congress. democrats want to ensure they have 55 votes when the 113th congress begins on january 3rd. >> senior political editor mark murray for us on this thursday, appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, craig. >>> outrage of russian president vladimir putin's decision
of course, president obama is from hawaii. probably the biggest elected leader from the aloha state and that's what we know about senator schatz as of now. but boy, he is the newest member of the u.s. senate and some new senators coming with the beginning of the 113 congress right at the beginning of the year. >> i understand senate majority leader reid urged governor abercrombie to act with due haste with his appointment. is that because he thinks that the senator may play some sort of...
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we'll have the latest on her condition and what's next as she prepares to leave the obama administration. >>> good morning from washington. it's thursday, january 3rd, 2013. thi this this is the daily rundown, i'm chuck todd. 82 house freshmen and a dozen new senators will be sworn in today as the 113th congress convenes. and the budget fights that the new congress issin herriting look a whole lot like the budget fights this country has been dragged through over the last two years. >>> the 112th congress goes out with quite the bang, if you will. it will adjourn as mathematically the least proddive and least popular congress on record, just about 220 bills passed by the 112th congress signed into law. the last passed 383 bills, before that, 460 bills. the last time the nbc news wall street journal poll measured, it was barely in double digits at 12% for the approval rating. it's not hard to figure out way. they started by narrowly ajoiding a government shutdown. that was the first fight. it nearly drove the u.s. government into default. and culminated with the fiscal cliff face-off here
we'll have the latest on her condition and what's next as she prepares to leave the obama administration. >>> good morning from washington. it's thursday, january 3rd, 2013. thi this this is the daily rundown, i'm chuck todd. 82 house freshmen and a dozen new senators will be sworn in today as the 113th congress convenes. and the budget fights that the new congress issin herriting look a whole lot like the budget fights this country has been dragged through over the last two years....
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this afternoon president obama whim wil set down with congressional leaders at the white house for a last ditch effort to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. the hope is both sides can agree to a compromise to prevent the economy from sliding back into recession. judging from the rhetoric on capitol hill, there's a long way to go. here's the day on the hill. >> if we go over the cliff we'll be left with the knowledge that could have been prevented with a single vote in the republican-controlled house of representatives. the american people i don't think understand the house of representatives is operating without the house of representatives. it's being operated with a dictatorship of the speaker not allowing the vast majority of the house representatives to get what they want. >> we're coming up against a hard deadline here, and as i said, this is a conversation we should have had months ago. republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> it is somewhat like taking your child hostag
this afternoon president obama whim wil set down with congressional leaders at the white house for a last ditch effort to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. the hope is both sides can agree to a compromise to prevent the economy from sliding back into recession. judging from the rhetoric on capitol hill, there's a long way to go. here's the day on the hill. >> if we go over the cliff we'll be left with the knowledge that could have been prevented with a single vote in the...
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barack obama has insisted it won't be enough to cover the downturn and the economy needs fundamental reform and invention. >> i know that we'll have to overcome our doubts and our divisions and we're going to have to overcome a determined opposition of powerful special interests before we can truly reform a broken economy and advanced opportunity. >> if we take seriously the idea of emerging from the great crisis into a radically new economy, be there are core questions about what that economy will look like that almost no one in our political class is asking. what is the proper role of finance, a sector that accounted for an astounding report of corporate profits. do we want one of made of distributed enterprises with new business and business model. in other words, if we were creating a new economy for the future from scratch, one that was prosperous, what would it look like. i'm really happy to have you big thinkers here to talk about this. the first one i want to talk about is work. we had some interesting information on contingent work. this is from back in mid-last decade. 30%
barack obama has insisted it won't be enough to cover the downturn and the economy needs fundamental reform and invention. >> i know that we'll have to overcome our doubts and our divisions and we're going to have to overcome a determined opposition of powerful special interests before we can truly reform a broken economy and advanced opportunity. >> if we take seriously the idea of emerging from the great crisis into a radically new economy, be there are core questions about what...
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president obama countered with a big concession and saying that that should be $400,000 and have fixes to social security on costs of living adjustments on that. what ended up happening? john boehner retreated their plan b that mike viquiera was talking about that was unable to pass and now we are in the stalemate we are in now. we were closer than before. >> you touch on a good point. that's lost now in the media. we are going-over the cliff. last week they are $450 billion away from a deal. that's less than 1% of the federal spending over the next decade. in d.c. terms, 400 billion seems like a lot. that's a drop in the bucket in d.c. terms. it's amazing that small of a number killed a deal. >> if you are buying a house or a car and one person said look, i'm going at $1 billion. usually split the difference and do the deal. this time around, that didn't happen. neither was hoping for this. if house republicans couldn't go for that million dollar threshold, they are not going to go for 400,000 or 600,000. that's why we are probably going to end up going-over the cliff and seeing what
president obama countered with a big concession and saying that that should be $400,000 and have fixes to social security on costs of living adjustments on that. what ended up happening? john boehner retreated their plan b that mike viquiera was talking about that was unable to pass and now we are in the stalemate we are in now. we were closer than before. >> you touch on a good point. that's lost now in the media. we are going-over the cliff. last week they are $450 billion away from a...
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the white house saying president obama seen earlier greeting marines in hawaii will head back to washington tomorrow night for more fiscal cliff talks. a powerful storm system wreaked havoc on alabama and mississippi and new numbers released from tracking agencies spending pulse show holiday retail sales, grew at the slowest rate since 2008. now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the web has nearly as many viral videos as there are creative people to make them. in our next video, a group of talented and very patient people takes one click to a whole new level. hey, rube, how do you take your portrait? ought to be pretty straightforward, right? not in this video, by a small photography company looking to get noticed. >> we decided to shoot a rube goldberg machine in a relatively simple task and just take a photo in as complicated a way as possible. >> so david and his colleagues at 2d photography designed a photo machine that you can't take your eyes off of. >> we used almost every piece of photography equipment that any photographer woul
the white house saying president obama seen earlier greeting marines in hawaii will head back to washington tomorrow night for more fiscal cliff talks. a powerful storm system wreaked havoc on alabama and mississippi and new numbers released from tracking agencies spending pulse show holiday retail sales, grew at the slowest rate since 2008. now back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. the web has nearly as many viral...
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president obama is stepping up public pressure on republicans to got a fiscal cliff deal done. he'll appear on "meet the press" sunday as senate convenes to work on a possible deal with a possible vote monday. >>> an airliner off the runway at airport in russia, there were eight crew members aboard and no passengers. there was light snow at the time of the crash. >>> more news later. back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> during our stay at the penitentiary of new mexico, our producer conducted an interview with a serial rapist, who would soon be completing his prison term and returning to society. the inmate agreed to the interview on the condition of anonymity. what he had to say is disturbing, but provides a rare insight into the mind of a serial rapist. >> after performing the rapes, the physical rapes, i would literally scare these women to death. what i would do is go into a victim's purse, i would find address books, i would take their driver's license out of their purse. and i would say, okay, now i know where you live. i k
president obama is stepping up public pressure on republicans to got a fiscal cliff deal done. he'll appear on "meet the press" sunday as senate convenes to work on a possible deal with a possible vote monday. >>> an airliner off the runway at airport in russia, there were eight crew members aboard and no passengers. there was light snow at the time of the crash. >>> more news later. back to "lockup." >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer...
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you were going to cite some examples of people who could have benefited from president obama's mandate for birth control coverage. share with us what you would have told that committee today. >> that is what i was there to speak to the committee about. that's why i was so stunned when chairman issa made the decision to not allow me to speak on behalf of those women and to say that i was not an appropriate witness. that those women's stories were not appropriate. i cannot think of who would be more appropriate for the committee to hear from, than the women who are affected by this policy whose lives were affected. one of the women i wanted to talk about today is a close friend of mine. she has polycystic ovarian syndrome, so what that means is she needs to take contraception for medical reasons to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries, and not to prevent pregnancy. that technically means it should be covered on georgetown's student health insurance, which does not cover contraception for prevention of pregnancy, but unfortunately, when university administrators and employers and insura
you were going to cite some examples of people who could have benefited from president obama's mandate for birth control coverage. share with us what you would have told that committee today. >> that is what i was there to speak to the committee about. that's why i was so stunned when chairman issa made the decision to not allow me to speak on behalf of those women and to say that i was not an appropriate witness. that those women's stories were not appropriate. i cannot think of who...
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. >>> looking beyond the senate deal, president obama is warning republicans that if they want future spending cuts, they're going to have to provide more tax revenue as well. >> if republicans think that i will finish the job of deficit reduction through spending cuts alone -- and you hear that sometimes coming from them, that sort of after today we're just going to try to shove only spending cuts down -- well, shove spending cuts at us. if they think that's going to be the formula for how we solve this thing, then they've got another think coming. >> that midday news conference didn't go over well with a lot of republicans, and they said that the president's sometimes mocking tone, as they felt it was, could hurt the fiscal cliff deal in the house. >> as i sort out my impressions of the president's remarks as to whether to be angry or to saddened. we have the president of the united states go over and have a cheerleading ridiculing of republicans exercise. >> let's bring in democratic strategist and former edwards communications director chris ka fiance and republican strategist and
. >>> looking beyond the senate deal, president obama is warning republicans that if they want future spending cuts, they're going to have to provide more tax revenue as well. >> if republicans think that i will finish the job of deficit reduction through spending cuts alone -- and you hear that sometimes coming from them, that sort of after today we're just going to try to shove only spending cuts down -- well, shove spending cuts at us. if they think that's going to be the...
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and i sat down with the president at the site of the cgi meeting on the same day that both president obama and mitt romney were set to speak there. >> how would you characterize how he's been handling the collective problems that we're seeing percolating across the middle east? >> well, i think that first of all, i think they've done pretty well in a very chaotic situation. the arab spring was always going to have ups and downs or bumps in the road or whatever you want to call it. in libya, the tragic situation of the lost of our ambassador and the other americans, it's worth pointing out a couple of things. first of all, most of the libyan people who were aware of what's going on like the united states, they like the fact that we aggressively supported them and their desire to replace the gadhafi regime and decades of control and repression and a move to a more democratic system. the president of libya has asked to meet with me. we're going to have a nice visit. i think tomorrow. there were libyans who lost their lives in that attack, trying to protect americans. and that is a different t
and i sat down with the president at the site of the cgi meeting on the same day that both president obama and mitt romney were set to speak there. >> how would you characterize how he's been handling the collective problems that we're seeing percolating across the middle east? >> well, i think that first of all, i think they've done pretty well in a very chaotic situation. the arab spring was always going to have ups and downs or bumps in the road or whatever you want to call it....
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the best scenario they probably have had so far in the obama presidency was that summer in 2011 where the white house was surprised at every turn how far they were willing to go on demands with the debt limit. they didn't get entitlement reform then. they didn't get the super committee. they're not looking at a slightly smaller republican house majority and a slightly larger democratic senate majority cobbling some sort of entitlement reform coalition there in just two months. and i think they're going to have to -- there are going to be a lot of republicans telling their primary voters well, look, we tried really hard. you just need to send more us to washington so we can try harder. >> it's going to be tough messaging, but we shall see what happens at the end of the 112th as we look forward to the 113th. and as you were mentioning there, the series of fiscal cliffs that are coming up in the first part, the first quarter of 2013 as we're now in the first day. dave weigel, thank you so much, slate political reporter and msnbc contributor. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> all r
the best scenario they probably have had so far in the obama presidency was that summer in 2011 where the white house was surprised at every turn how far they were willing to go on demands with the debt limit. they didn't get entitlement reform then. they didn't get the super committee. they're not looking at a slightly smaller republican house majority and a slightly larger democratic senate majority cobbling some sort of entitlement reform coalition there in just two months. and i think...
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nbc news learned president obama may cut short his holiday vacation in hawaii to resume fiscal cliff talks. the president could return to washington as soon as tomorrow. >>> a dangerous situation in gulf states where tornadoes touched tonight. this one in mobile, alabama. authorities in louisiana also reporting numerous injuries and extensive damage. >>> and queen elizabeth took her annual christmas day message to a new level this year. she delivered it in 3-d for the very first time. now back to "caught on come ra." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. so far we've seen thrillseekers take some calculated risks and pay the price for their daring. but what happens in a much more ordinary setting when a father makes a terrible choice? an intoxicated dad makes his 9-year-old daughter his designated driver. >> listen, we're leaving, and she's driving. i'm drunk. >> i froze, when i saw her drove off. i mean, i was stunned. >> the citgo gas station in brownstown, michigan, on telegraph road is a busy place with customers coming and going at all hours of the day and
nbc news learned president obama may cut short his holiday vacation in hawaii to resume fiscal cliff talks. the president could return to washington as soon as tomorrow. >>> a dangerous situation in gulf states where tornadoes touched tonight. this one in mobile, alabama. authorities in louisiana also reporting numerous injuries and extensive damage. >>> and queen elizabeth took her annual christmas day message to a new level this year. she delivered it in 3-d for the very...
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president obama seen earlier for christmas in hawaii may cut his vacation early for fiscal cliff talks. congress returns thursday. >>> here is dramatic video we just got in from alabama where a large tornado blew through mobile tonight. another funnel cloud touched down in mississippi. and spending pulse reports retail holiday sales this year grew at its weakest pace since 2008 when this country was in recession. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. now, here's a young man who infuriates a series of driving instructors. he gets behind the wheel of his car and then takes call after call on his cell phone. but is it real or is it fake? let's watch and find out. >> driving is very easy, just relax drive, okay? >> this viral video hit the internet in 2008. >> watch for the pedestrian in front of you. >> shouldn't hit that guy, right? >> no. >> just how frustrated can a driving instructor get? we're about to see. [ ringing ] >> hello. >> no, don't talk on telephone. sorry about -- >> marty, what's up? >> hang up. hang up on the phone. >> h
president obama seen earlier for christmas in hawaii may cut his vacation early for fiscal cliff talks. congress returns thursday. >>> here is dramatic video we just got in from alabama where a large tornado blew through mobile tonight. another funnel cloud touched down in mississippi. and spending pulse reports retail holiday sales this year grew at its weakest pace since 2008 when this country was in recession. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to...
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he called up and asked obama what he come? obama said i am too busy. i am getting phone calls from warren buffett and steve jobs and bill gates and all these important people and rogers said you promised and obama told him you are not supposed to believe promises made by politicians, are you? rogers got very a angry, and demanded that he show up and eventually he did show up. the point of the story is so many african-american leaders, businessmen and political people i have spoken to for this book told me similar stories in which they were there for him, for obama on day one. they were when they called day one people supporting him, organizing, contributing and once he was elected to the senate and eventually the presidency they never heard from him again. it wasn't only african-americans but jewish-american donors who gave him back some of the money and never got their phone calls returned. it was oprah winfrey who worked hard for him and then frozen out of the white house and caroline kennedy and on and on and on. the portrait that i derive from this
he called up and asked obama what he come? obama said i am too busy. i am getting phone calls from warren buffett and steve jobs and bill gates and all these important people and rogers said you promised and obama told him you are not supposed to believe promises made by politicians, are you? rogers got very a angry, and demanded that he show up and eventually he did show up. the point of the story is so many african-american leaders, businessmen and political people i have spoken to for this...
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he was on the campaign trail insisting that after obama became president obama had closed a plant, a g.m. plant. and people said, was actually closed in december. george bush was president. he kept saying it. now, that really takes something. >> i'm going to go with an italian but not that italian. silvio berlusconi. convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison decides this is the perfect platform to run for prime minister again. chris: that's how he got there in the first place prorblee. that's chutzpah. next category, the hard to -- hardest to figure out, nominees for 2012 mysteries. what president obama was thinking in that first debate and a muge mystery predicting -- and a huge mystery predicting the plot and david petraeus, his mystery and the email she fired off to the woman in florida who is a big friend of all the generals. or is the biggest mystery of the year what made romney think he had it? katty. >> i'm going to go with the first debate. we still don't really know what happened. and nor the people advising him were furious the day after about it. where w
he was on the campaign trail insisting that after obama became president obama had closed a plant, a g.m. plant. and people said, was actually closed in december. george bush was president. he kept saying it. now, that really takes something. >> i'm going to go with an italian but not that italian. silvio berlusconi. convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison decides this is the perfect platform to run for prime minister again. chris: that's how he got there in the first...
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obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle class action. the exotic smells of jakarta. his father riding a motorbike to his job. his mother was there as well. that was his wife, life, he adapted. he had to adapt. but he did the best he could. >> host: why did he leave jakarta in 1971? >> guest: his mother couldn't afford to send them there. those 3.5 years, he is in indonesia, immersed in the language. the mother is waking up at 4:00 a.m. to teach him with english schoolbooks to supplement his learning. it is very difficult. and the whole process was something that she realized that she loved indonesia, she was still married, she wanted to stay. but it was coming to a point where she had to make a key decision. it turned out that h
obama won in a landslide. but everywhere in the world, there is some controversy about any politician. so there are some questions about it. but not everyone understands. >> what was his lifelike in jakarta? >> guest: he is perfectly immersed. imagine a six-year-old child being immersed in the culture. sort of a lower middle class action. the exotic smells of jakarta. his father riding a motorbike to his job. his mother was there as well. that was his wife, life, he adapted. he had...
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what thewas e ke to the obama victory? >> the obama campaign was a brilliant, disciplined campaign. it had a very narrow route to victory, and it proceeded to follow it with incredible discipline and a sense of direction, and they raced to a different level the organizational imperative in politics. but remember this -- five of the last six elections, the republicans have failed to win the popular vote. mittomneis i a succession. he is not an anomaly. >> the main reason for mitt romney's defeat, given the problems the president had. >> if you ask people at the end of 2011, middle of 2011, to look like a slam dunk for republicans. one of the reasons we are at the fiscal cliff is the republican resolution was under the tacit assumption that they would control the white house, so who cared about everything stacked against them. the main proble w obama ran an absolutely brilliant campaign. republicans had a very weak field, and romney was the best of a very weak field. he himself was a very odd candidate. after the financial crisis, a man essentially of wall street, and a man whose esse
what thewas e ke to the obama victory? >> the obama campaign was a brilliant, disciplined campaign. it had a very narrow route to victory, and it proceeded to follow it with incredible discipline and a sense of direction, and they raced to a different level the organizational imperative in politics. but remember this -- five of the last six elections, the republicans have failed to win the popular vote. mittomneis i a succession. he is not an anomaly. >> the main reason for mitt...
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gravesite of obama his great-grandfather, the person for whom the obama name derived. just kind of amazing stuff all day. >> host: you spend a lot of time in interviews talking about the tribal situation in kenya. >> guest: it explains a lot about barack obama senior. this book is more than just a biography of barack obama who became president of the united states. it's about the places they created him come the people that created and starred in two generations back and moving through to obama himself. and his father in some ways represented the promise and the frustrations of africa and of kenya and on a more personal level of the sudden brilliance in flawless. and some of that have to do with tribalism. the luo are the second largest tribe in kenya in the colonial period when the british dominated kenya really created the sort of tribalism putting all the different tribes into the reserves in different parts of the country. and so when they got independence in god power, there was this unfortunate sort of conflict for power in the luo were basically, ever since 1963
gravesite of obama his great-grandfather, the person for whom the obama name derived. just kind of amazing stuff all day. >> host: you spend a lot of time in interviews talking about the tribal situation in kenya. >> guest: it explains a lot about barack obama senior. this book is more than just a biography of barack obama who became president of the united states. it's about the places they created him come the people that created and starred in two generations back and moving...
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he made a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> i think you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clink east would wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- heartwarming stories about the humanity of the republican challenger, and also a bio which was not shown. that was a terrible tactical error. >> the reason why clinton's speech worked was because clinton is a force larger the nature and people knew it was bill clinton giving that speech. so many political speeches are written by someone else, and they read that way. "inside washington finally -- >> finally, predictions for the year ahead in the supreme court. it will be a gun so year involving the supreme court possibly striking down the voting rights act, the subject of gay marriage, and even weather you can patent a gene. anywa
he made a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> i think you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clink east would wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- heartwarming stories...
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obama won the popular vote by 3 1/2 million. so, is a stone-cold fact that lower income americans reelected president obama. mitt romney's failure is very clear. he could not convince the majority of voters that he would look out for them period. he did not show enough outrage every his 16 trillion dollar debt or explain what that could lead to. a total economic collapse. romney was timid, wasn't paul revere spreading the word about danger. ask yourself this question: what do you think those makes less than $30,000 a year were voting for? what were they voting for? do you think they were voting for massive debt? why they voting for continued chaos in the middle east? were they voting for more government regulations that inhibit businesses from hiring working people? were they voting for 8% unemployment to keep salaries down because there are more workers than jobs? were they voting for any of that? no. millions of lower income americans voted for the candidate who they thought was going to directly help them financially. not eve
obama won the popular vote by 3 1/2 million. so, is a stone-cold fact that lower income americans reelected president obama. mitt romney's failure is very clear. he could not convince the majority of voters that he would look out for them period. he did not show enough outrage every his 16 trillion dollar debt or explain what that could lead to. a total economic collapse. romney was timid, wasn't paul revere spreading the word about danger. ask yourself this question: what do you think those...
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it's clear obama wants to go in that direction. he's talking about this big -- doing a fiscal solution whether now or later some time this year. he's talking about immigration reform. has another set of agenda items. let's think about this for the state of the union. you can hear in his voice some different things already. he's drawing firmer red lines. in public, even tonight when he talked, there's a little more steel, a little more firmness than what he said. zpwoin that because he has this mandate he talks about. he said his mandate wasn't his mandate. it was the american people. he also said in the last few days that he didn't want to surrender to the status quo. does he have the ump to follow that? >> you can see he has more leverage. where it starts and stops, i don't think they know yet. he's reading about other presidents an then overread their mandate. he didn't want to make that mistake either because that can happen. because even if obama has changed as a result of this, it's not clear that a lot else has changed or tha
it's clear obama wants to go in that direction. he's talking about this big -- doing a fiscal solution whether now or later some time this year. he's talking about immigration reform. has another set of agenda items. let's think about this for the state of the union. you can hear in his voice some different things already. he's drawing firmer red lines. in public, even tonight when he talked, there's a little more steel, a little more firmness than what he said. zpwoin that because he has this...
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obama promised americans stuff. president obama is going to take as much money as he can he from successful people and dole it out. not going to make any meaningful cuts in government spending. not going to do it. he might even expand the entitlement culture. i believe this will lead to economic disaster for the country. but as always, i could be wrong. and that's the men mow. now for the top story tonight let's bring in charles krauthammer from washington who has the tendency to tell me when i am wrong. isn't that right, charles? >> you are right on that and you are shockingly right in your analysis. you are starting off the year very os suspiciously. i think you are absolutely right. there is not a shred of evidence that obama any interest in cutting spending. in fact, audaciously last night, he said oh we have got to cut spending so he tossed it out. he gave a nod to it and then he immediately says but we have to increase our investments that's the word that you use if you are a democrat for spending on the usual
obama promised americans stuff. president obama is going to take as much money as he can he from successful people and dole it out. not going to make any meaningful cuts in government spending. not going to do it. he might even expand the entitlement culture. i believe this will lead to economic disaster for the country. but as always, i could be wrong. and that's the men mow. now for the top story tonight let's bring in charles krauthammer from washington who has the tendency to tell me when i...
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obama and reagan are nothing alike. obama is a big government guy. bigger government. >> greg: polar opposites. >> the democrats -- >> eric: the yankees are the same as -- i don't know. >> greg: i'm saying he is the progressive answer to ronald reagan. as powerful as ronald reagan as progressive, is what i meant. >> eric: agreed but that doesn't mean he take over for ronald reagan. >> andrea: i am taking up what you are putting down. >> greg: exactly. >> andrea: i know what you are stepping in. >> greg: you do? >> andrea: i am. i get what he is trying to say. >> eric: do you agree? >> andrea: i actually agree -- i see what you are trying to say. i agree. i don't think the era of reagan is over. it's rare of obama. eventually, as we said, run out of other people's money. we'll go bankrupt and we are all going back to the era of reagan, whether we like it or not. what is other is the era of grand compromise. if you look at what reagan did, he had a democratic congress. he had tip o'neale. they worked together. they lowered rates. they limited deduction
obama and reagan are nothing alike. obama is a big government guy. bigger government. >> greg: polar opposites. >> the democrats -- >> eric: the yankees are the same as -- i don't know. >> greg: i'm saying he is the progressive answer to ronald reagan. as powerful as ronald reagan as progressive, is what i meant. >> eric: agreed but that doesn't mean he take over for ronald reagan. >> andrea: i am taking up what you are putting down. >> greg: exactly....
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. ♪ ♪ obama is a hawaii guy. is he vacationing here. >> i think there is pride. i like him. is he like let's get down. let's do it. like no worries. >> i don't give a [bleep] >> the obamas are vacationing at this estate. secret service occupy the homes to the left and the right. usually a typical day for the president during vacation go work out in the morning at the marine base, then golf and shave ice. the area he is staying at what's the reputation there. >> really high class. good security they have down there. >> president obama is vacationing just a few houses down. >> if you want to go in and out of the neighborhood. what does that mean for you guys? >> we have to be searched. >> none of your crazy friends can come? >> i think they can. but they are just going to have to be put through the ringer, i guess. growing up in hawaii president obama known by barry. he was abandoned african-american father. you went to school with president bromple. >> yes. i was lucky enough to be one of his classmates from fifth
. ♪ ♪ obama is a hawaii guy. is he vacationing here. >> i think there is pride. i like him. is he like let's get down. let's do it. like no worries. >> i don't give a [bleep] >> the obamas are vacationing at this estate. secret service occupy the homes to the left and the right. usually a typical day for the president during vacation go work out in the morning at the marine base, then golf and shave ice. the area he is staying at what's the reputation there. >>...